Intro
(bouzouki play)
D Em7
[Verse 1]
(bass and drums enter)
D
I have a boat which I've never sailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D
Onto its mast my colours nailed
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D
It's loaded with years and years of hope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D
It refracts and cuts my capstan rope
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D
My family sextant is the filling moon
Em
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Em D
The old tree sings in perfect tune
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
[Verse 2]
D
With greater age we see the birth
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D
The offspring of a strange new surf
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D
D free dive from this miserable sky
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
Em
With lungs of soot in the grime filled deep
(Aweigh, anchor, away)
D A
Shockеd and pulled from a nice dull sleep
[Bridge 1]
D
I know you'rе down there
In swaying kelp I'll find you
Bm G D
I feel like a child about to board a ghost train
With piercing sirens blaring
Bm/D G/D Em
Through rings of black roses I'll move
D
Slow, scared, alive!
[Instrumental]
(A) Bm G D
D Bm/D G/D Em
D Em
D
[Bridge 2]
Dm
The deluge is upon us, the laughing rudder chants
D springboard dance with no last chance
Dm
As I gasp for air, it's there
Section 2.
[Intro] (piano chords, keep tempo)
G Am C Em
[Verse 1]
G Am
The sanded heart fills red; just as your gull voice said
C Em D
Swooping and turning, the bridges are burning
[Verse 2]
G Am
Is it so much to take that we'll break?
C Em
Dm I a man upon the land or a silkie on the sea?
[Verse 3]
G Am
Just as I suspected, you're not what I expected
C Em
Open the shell, pull me close, and with salty spit
A
I'm launched
[Chorus]
(all instruments enter)
(E)
I will not resist you
Bm F#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D
I hope that you are there
E
I hope to find you there
A
I will not resist you
Bm F#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D
Anchor, away
E
Anchor, away!
[Instrumental]
A Bm F#m
D E
[Chorus]
A
I will not resist you
Bm F#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D
I hope that you are there
E
I hope to find you there
A
I will not resist you
Bm F#m
But I'll move slow and scared, alive
D
Anchor, away
E (melody ends on E)
Anchor, away!